Improved side-saddle tree



f the same, reference being had tothe accompanying.

canina eine eten-t @twine in thel county of Adair, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Side-,Sad-

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" the forms represented ings. 3 and 4s0 that when Louis TRIPLETT, or COLUMBIAKENTU'GKY.

IMPROVED srnnfsADDLn TREE.

The Schedulereferred to vin these Letters' Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: v I i Be it' known that I, LOUIS-TRIPLETT, ofolumbia,

`dle rlrees; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact 'description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention-relates to improvementsjn the construction `of side-saddle trees; andcon'sists in forming the cantel, bellies, Qright horn, and spring of one piece of sheet-metal, and the straining and formation of the seat of another piece, in a way to produce au hnproved form and more economical construction. y

Figure l represents a diagram of the sheet of metal, shaped according to 1u`y improvement, for forming the `Figure 2 represents adiagraln of the other sheet used; "j t i ,l

Figure 3 represents a plan view of a side-saddle tree constructed according to my improvements; and

I cut, ciotherwise shape out of sheet-metal, pieces A of theform represented in the diagram, figll, and bend, stamp, or otherwise shape these pieces up into united to the piece B,1alsocut or otherwise formed from sheet-metal1 audi suitably stamped, the whole of the top portion of `thentrees for a side-saddle will be produced; i i y V V The part D of the said plate forms thescautel; E,thc

belly; F, the right horn; and G, the spring. 4 When these sheetsy are bent up into the required form, the

upper edge is wired, to prevent cutting .the leather, as shown at H, also to stiffen and retain the fornirequired. i n

The piece B, which forms the seat, after being suitably shaped to t the part A, is joined thereto on the line x x, tig.u 3, and secured by-riveting through it and astrip of leather, I. Y n n The part K of the piece B forms the upper side of theileft horn, which I propose to arrange so as to spring up from the tree, in a manner to have a concave form at the inner side where the thigh rests, better adapted to support the same with comfort than',

where they rise straight. y d

These parts, sofformed and united, are secured toth'e pads N in any preferred way, and enable me to make' saddle-trees of better shape and much cheaper n than as new Amade, giving the rider.

Having thus described my invention,

greater easeand comfort to I claim `as new, and desire to secure by Letters v Patente y 1. Theim proved sheet-metal blanks A B,eonstructed, shaped, and adapted as herein described, for employ- 'nient in the construction of side-saddle trees, substant-ially as specified. u

2. Side-saddle trees, composed of the sheet-metal parts A B and pads N, when shaped, connected, and

arranged substantially as specific( LOUIS TRIPLE-TT. Witnesses WM. STEWART, Y T IMoLnoN 'B uA l isnAiv. f 

